Contact urticaria and protein contact dermatitis from corn in a patient with serum IgE specific for a salt-soluble corn protein of low molecular weight

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 84-87

  Cristaudo, Antonio ^a   Simonato, Barbara ^b   Pasini, Gabriella ^b   De Rocco, Mariagrazia ^a   Curioni, Andrea ^b   Giannattasio, Matteo ^c  

^a SAN GALLICANO DERMATOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contact urticaria; Corn; Corn allergen; Protein contact dermatitis; Trypsin amylase inhibitors

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE INHIBITOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BINDING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E BINDING PROTEIN; TRYPSIN INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREAL; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTACT URTICARIA; CORN; ECZEMA; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRICK TEST; PROTEIN CONTACT DERMATITIS; SKIN SENSITIZATION; URTICARIA;

ADULT; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FLOUR; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; PLANT PROTEINS; SKIN TESTS; URTICARIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 4944228081     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2004.00410.x     Document Type: Article

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